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Herpes viruses and HIV-1 drug resistance mutations influence the virologic and immunologic milieu of the male genital tract.
AIDS (London, England) - 2 Jan 2013
Gianella Sara, Morris Sheldon R, Anderson Christy, Spina Celsa A, Vargas Milenka V, Young Jason A, Richman Douglas D, Little Susan J, Smith Davey M
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OBJECTIVES: To further understand the role that chronic viral infections of the male genital tract play on HIV-1 dynamics and replication. DESIGN: Retrospective, observational study including 236 paired semen and blood samples collected from 115 recently HIV-1 infected antiretroviral naive men who have sex with men. METHODS: In this study, we evaluated the association of seminal HIV-1 shedding to coinfections...
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